The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-18


nc1eat Methods u stacking.
Prof J. w. Sanborn. In bulletin
recently issued. gives the results Of his
experience on the grounds Of the Mis-
souri, Agricultural College in regard TO
the practical subject. shrinkage Of hay
| In stacks.
While Prof Sanborn does not con-
slider the stacking Of hay an economical
method he has been forced to this pre-
vailing practice. He says: HAY con-
tains in the dry. as well a. in the green
state, matter that Is soluble in water.
For this reason all exposed hay on the
exterior Of stacks il subject to having
washed from it snch soluble matter.
In round stacks the amount Of hay thus
exposed Is much larger than Is usually
supposed. A body one foot in diameter
contains only one-fourth the matter Of
body two feet in diameter. Thus six
inches from the circumference towards
the center will contain four times as
much matter as the central part Of .
round body two feet in diameter.
A stack Of hay. II feet in diameter
and s feet TO the point Of its drawing
In, and 5 feet more to the top Of its
cone. will contain. on its outside foot,
Mt $50 feet 10 the ton. 266.57 pounds Of
hay. while the interior will contain
$50. 40 pounds. Thus. 33 per cent. Of
the hay Of the ordinary round stacks
Of the State i found on the outside
foot Of those stacks. A heavy proper
ton Of this food is obviously subject to
loss by teaching rains, by moldering
and by actual rotting in badly-con-
structed stacks.
August 9, 1884. the professor had put
up a well-made stack Of second crop Of
clover. 1t was in good style to shed
rain and capped with other material
1t was not injured internally by water.
1t weighed. August ., on stacking.
6,514 pounds. IL was tested for water
contents by the water bath and found
to contain 325 per cent Of water.
March 5 it was again all weighed with
much care to prevent loss Of hay in
handling. Its weight was 4.54s pounds.
At this time il contained Is. IA per cent.
Of water. the change in water contents
being quite noticeable. 1t was neces-
sary to ascertain the dry matter Of the
hay. both in the fall and in the spring:
Dry Hof'v.
r0undL
e.51f pounds, less rs per cent. water IS. .4ss7
4sis pounds. less itl4 per cent water, Is ASIA
Loss OF organic matter until March 8. ss
Per cent loss. seven and one-han months. 132
What would have been the loss from
July ! until May. when the last Of win.
ter food is supposed to be fed?
Prof. Sanborn makes the following
application to the above facts:
First-The 6.5l4 pounds of hay in the
fall would have been as well sold nj s.
ton as the 4.54s pounds at $7.16 ton
in the spring. This does not include
interest and cost of handling which
would carry the spring cost up 10 s.
per ton to equal the s. fall price. These
figures contemplate the sale Of hay d.
rect from the field.
Second-The above figures of shrink
age for the stack in question do not in
clude the injury to the hay on the bot
tom Of the stack and the direct injury
atother parts.
Third-The 1872 per cent. loss was
doubtless mainly from its most soluble
portions.
Fourth-This 1872 per cent. when
applied to 100 tons 81 hay means loss
q 1872 tons. This, at Sc per ton, gives
q money loss Of 1920. This sum is
the interest on $3.50 at 6 per cent.
For 1890 barn can Ne constructed
In which water will not freeze and that
will hold 100 tons Of hay and cattle
enough to consume II.
In conclusion Prof Sanborn ex.
presses the belief that the loss from
badly stacked hay is enormous, and
therefore not in the interest Of econ
,my- He advises a moderately ex.
pensivc barn. This saves The hay
ont about stacks; it saves the
II decreases the amount of
God eaten; il saves the lives Of ami
mails and the loss Of hay from sources
'bove considered.
To those who can not secure barns
heap and successful system may be
ound in building broad. square. high
tacks. and covering them with boards.
double layer Of boards being used to
over the joints. The English thatch-
NJ and other systems Of covering are
ften availablc.-N. y. World.